Chinese & Coke
"What does that mean?" he asked silkily inhaling her ear, (when she said u are way out of my league)
"That was my first bike ride... and first high school kiss, 10 years after high school" she whispered dodging his lips
He nibbled her jaw and lobe...
"whose bike is it?" she asked cautiously
He knew he had piqued her interest
"want to learn to ride?" he challenged
She stiffened as if she was giving it some thought...
"I might not be able to afford u" she answered
"U are too clever for ur own good" he said crushing her softly
"Ur school is beautiful, not one broken window" she pointed, leaning on him
He gently caressed her shoulders and arms...
"does every class have a digital board?" she asked
He nodded
"Did u all have ur own computers too?" she asked enviously
He didnt answer
"We doubled up... or three to 1" she said rubbing her ear on his chest...
He made everything simple and easy.. busting every prejudice she had
He didnt care she wore ugly salwar suits to school...
"Give me a tour?" she asked
He nodded, holding her close, walking up and down many hallways and corridors... they didnt insist on the rooms being open... they peeked through the glass
"Modern School kids are very stylish... some Vasant Vihar kids rode DTC buses... the girls shaved their legs starting 6th grade I think" she complained
I DIDNT STAND A CHANCE WITH SOMEONE LIKE YOU
I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY SUCH GIRLS YOUVE KNOWN
HOW MANY EYED YOU
HOW MANY U MADE OUT WITH AFTER SCHOOL IN THESE HALLWAYS
WHICH ONE YOU TOOK HOME FOR YOUR "FIRST".
"Barakhamba was a few notches higher even then" she mumbled
"7th grade he pointed, she peeked and smiled
"the desks seem so small now... tiny almost... like Nandu Shravu's... I dont know if Akka feels the same way about schools" II wondered
"6th is down the hallway" he said softly
"the classrooms are so clean... just HOW MANY POSTERS on the walls? Did Ma volunteer?" she asked softly
He nodded, once many times twice a week" he smiled
"even during high school?" she asked
"I asked her to do it in another section" he chuckled
"Easy!! Mine was a tad difficult" II giggled
He smiled She leaned by the 6th grade classroom door
"U didnt want her near u when u were a teen"
He shook his head slowly
Her heart slammed against her chest as if she broke into school
She imagined him as a 5'6"? 5'8" teen... horrendously sexy... in the Modern "blues"
The way he must have felt up a girl... or the way the girl felt him up
She reached with her right hand and touched his open vee on his tee
Thumbing the curled hair...
"what did they want to touch first?" she asked
"I was too hairy, umm... am... so ya" he nodded
As she quickly withdrew her thumb from his tee parting
"the arms or the chest, or the cheek... because i started shaving first"
AYYYO!!
DONT TELL ME
I DONT WANT TO KNOW
UMM
BUT I DO WANT TO KNOW
HOW MANY FELT UR CHEEK AND JAW
"did u have a couple extra buttons undone on the shirt?" she demanded inaudibly almost
He nodded
How did she know he wondered
"the VV boys usually did on DTC" she muttered
NOT THAT THEY EVER LOOKED AT ME
BUT YA... UMM...
"Did the girls have a couple buttons undone also?" she asked looking into his eyes
"They had rules but ya" he said warm color rushing to his face
"umm like THIS u think?" she asked huskily... undoing the top one...
He waited..
she undid another one...
and another one... the next one was over her ribs
He was a dirty ass!!
she clutched the open now parting ends
he was Bending down..."Stinker!!" she cursed , as his hand lifted her pendant pushing it to the side kissing her cleft. She gasped and pulled his hair
And... he took... pushing her hands away
He gently buttoned her up after he was done... they walked hand in hand
The 10th, the 11th and 12th grade class rooms... the labs
"did u like dissection?" she asked
"He shrugged
"I would smell chloroform walking by the bio lab, when I was in 8th grade and it would freak me out, it would remind me of Periappa's RML stay" she muttered
He smiled gently
"Science was not for me..." she declared.. "Well until I start doing Comp Sc at Grad School" "I dont know what I am good at any more... even if I am good at anything" she said sadly
He gently let his arm snake around her waist... and squeezed
"U could always grow tomatoes" he mocked
She punched him... "U only want me to stay home and grow stuff" she accused
There is lots of money in farming"
"THANKS... its all yours" she cursed
He half smiled
"Do u want to leave the helmet off? he offered
"No... I am too scared" she said
"What if we get a challan?" she asked
"Thats fine" he shrugged
He told her about the cafeteria and the kind of food they got, there were soda can dispensers and candy and chips dispensers like PVRs
"Did u get an allowance?" she asked startled
He nodded
"HOW MUCH?" she asked shocked
"Umm.. cant remember" he smiled
"I should have studied here... I was obsessed with Coke at one point... one time Amma refused to buy it for me I threw a fit and walked alone
from KV Andrews Ganj bus stop to the Ring Rd Def Col intersection, woh Mall ke paas"
He couldnt control his chuckle
"Amma told Appa promptly when he returned.. Appa scolded her for not buying it for me" II said smugly
He listened carefully
"amma said she will want one everyday, before getting on the DTC bus... how can I buy every day?
I wouldnt want rasna after getting home only Coke or pepsi, ONLY out of my very own can" II said sadly
"Did u have one with lunch everyday?" she asked
He nodded...
"SEE I WANTED THAT!!" she said angrily
"Khaana kya milta tha tumhe?" she asked
"Was Mahavir home? Probably not, he looks my age..." she asked
"No his Dad" he said
"Did the cafeteria serve fresh meals?" she asked
He nodded
"DARN IT... I could murder for chow mein" she said passionately
"Just one or multiple homicides?" he asked innocently
She glared "U just want me to end up in prison" she said hurt "So u can" she stopped
He gathered her securely... "Chinese and coke... what else would u committ crimes for?" he asked
"Not for u" she lied
I SO WOULD RAKSHASAN!!
I SO WOULD
They walked back to the lobby she read the message boards and honor rolls and pictures and sports trophies
He took pictures of her reading pausing on her solitaire on her nose.. now pink because he teased it so much
She read every board, every board
They walked out he handed the guards unimaginable amounts of money... and walked to the bike, he helped her get on, wrapping her arms around him
"we should go from town to town like MTV Roadies?" she laughed hysterically
"Or hike Europe" he said
"u just want to be away from humanity", she said crushing him, unwilling to let go
He bought her dinner at House of Ming at Taj Man Singh...
"I hope " she stopped
He paused midway in Taj's lobby
"U are being extra nice" she said nervously
He grabbed and hugged her mid way... she let him for a brief moment
"Feeding u is being extra nice?" he muttered
"Feeding me CHINESE is" she muttered
He smiled his chin on top of her head
They walked to House of Ming and were seated
she went to wash up.. and returned, he returned a min after
First he was sitting across now he sat by her
"Are u leaving tomorrow?" she asked her eyes as big as saucers
He shook his head
"Pinne?" (what else?) he asked
He held her hand
"U want my side of the bed" she giggled between tears
"U need to stop crying" he ordered huskily
"WHY?" Does it make it harder for u? Huh?" she asked between sobs
He handed her the marroon cloth napkin
"Weve been through this a million times already II " he begged
"Ive told u a trillion times I dont care for it " she pointed (Dont care for ur plan to leave me alone here)
"I cant"
"U cant work here... u cant work from home, u cant go for a week every month or other month, everything HAS to be done in Paris" she ranted
"Enough" he ordered
They both were quiet, he ordered her food
"I just want water" she said after the waiter left
"Dont drink too much.. uve already soaked one napkin"
"shut up u jerk" she said grabbing his arm and leaning on him
"Promise to listen first... please?" he begged
"I wont" she said defiantly
"can u come later this month?" he asked
She shook her head crying
Her possessiveness startled him, she was making it close to impossible for him to leave
He had meetings lined up all of next week, he was even going back to Geneva
"I am sorry for the company losses, but why should I" (live without my husband?) she swallowed the last part
"Lets eat first go home and begin talking, we will most likely come to blows" he said cynically
"Ya its all the Iyer's fault" she baited him
"shhh" he ordered as her food arrived
His was some shrimp thing
He drank his wine quietly... he ordered TWO COKES for her
She half smiled😳
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